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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 623

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,

Article - Natural Resources

Section 8-1413(b)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1974 Volume and 1980 Supplement)

(As enacted by Chapter 183 of the Acts of

the General Assembly of 1976)

BY adding to

Article - Natural Resources
Section 8-1413(m)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1974 Volume and 1980 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(as enacted by Chapter 183 of the Acts of the General
Assembly of 1976) be repealed, amended, or enacted to read
as follows:

Article - Natural Resources

8-1413.

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section,
any person intending to construct, install, modify, extend,
alter, or operate any industrial commercial or recreational
facility or disposal system or any state-owned treatment
facility or any other outlet, or establishment, the
operation of which would result in or be capable of causing
a discharge of pollutants or an increase in the discharge of
pollutants into the waters of the State, shall obtain a
permit from the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene may require a
discharge permit from any other activity by rule or
regulation.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, that section(s)
of the Annotated Code of Maryland be repealed, amended, or
enacted to read as follows:

8-1413.

(M) (1) THIS SUBSECTION DOES NOT APPLY TO SEWER
TREATMENT FACILITIES WHICH DISCHARGE AN AMOUNT OF TREATED
SEWAGE LESS THAN 1 PERCENT OF THE 7 DAY, 10 YEAR LOW FLOW OF
THE RECEIVING STREAM.

(2) NOTWITHSTANDING SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS
SECTION, THE ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL
HYGIENE MAY NOT ISSUE A PERMIT THAT ALLOWS THE DISCHARGE OF
CHLORINATED WATERS USE OF CHLORINE OR CHLORINE COMPOUNDS IN